Teams Room (Room Panel) Error code 50199

Symptom: Room panel appears to login to Teams but then returns to device login screen. Azure sign-in logs revealed a failed sign-in. Error code 50199.

Steps to glory !

Be sure you got the following licenses assigned.

• Azure Active Directory Premium P1
• Microsoft Intune

These are bundled with Teams Room Pro license SKU.

Next check that “use device administrator to manage devices” is enabled

This is found off Intune home screen > Devices > Android > Android Enrolment >

Now we need to create a Security group for our room panels and add the accounts for each panel to the group. Created this in Azure AD Groups.

Now we will create an “Enrolment device platform restriction”. This found in found off Intune home screen > Devices > Enroll Devices > Enrolment device platform restriction and “Create restriction”.

Create the restriction, allow “Android Device Administrator” you can specify the manufacturer of the panel to further secure the restriction, finally assign it to your new dedicated Room Panel security group. I X’d relevant modifications.

Now attempt to login the panel again, I allowed 10 minutes to elapse following creation of the exclusion.

Modify SQLServr.exe memory

A DirSync server hosting Azure AD Sync was hogging memory. Typically Azure AD connect installs an express version of SQL – minus any gui interface. So from an elevated command prompt:

SQLCMD -E -S \\.\pipe\Microsoft##WID\tsql\query

Then

exec sp_configure 'show advanced option', '1';
reconfigure;

And

exec sp_configure;
go

Scroll back up the output and find your “Set Max Server Memory”, the default is usually 2147483647MB

To set your new value

exec sp_configure 'max server memory', 4096;
reconfigure with override;
go

And to Exit SQLCMD

quit

Here is an example of the output in powershell.

In my case I had to Restart the WID (windows internal database service) as I wanted to confirm how many instances of sqlservr.exe were active and there was only one associated to MSSQL$MICROSOFT##WID. You find this from

Tasklist /svc

EIR F3000 configure for Bridge Mode

Eir have released the F3000 (Sagemcom eir Fibre box 1A 1.0) modem into the wild so here’s how I flipped it into Bridge mode. It was simpler than previous models.

Login to the admin console of the modem. click on cog wheel for Access Control

eir fibre box 1A 1.0 admin landing page

Now click tab Bridge Mode and click slider bar as shown to on

Bridge mode

Modem have been flipped into Bridge Mode, just reboot the F3000 and your firewall device that is controlling the dial up. Your now back in the game !
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Incidentally I also turned off WiFi on this box for both the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz ranges, as I use separate WiFi radios.

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Windows 10 search not working

Windows search on my desktop (Suddenly) stopped working, no results returned, blanks search screen.
Try this registry fix. (backup your registry before editing it).

Press Windows key + R and launch “regedit”

Drill into:

HKEY_CURRENT_USE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Search

Right-click the right pane > Click New > D-WORD (32-bit) Value > name it BingSearchEnabled > Set value to 0 (zero)

In the same folder look for another key named CortanaConsent > Set value to 0 (zero) also. Restart your device and you should be back in the game !

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Windows Server 2016 activation stuck on 10%

Activating MSFT Server 2016 I recently encountered this screen. Server is not hung but the activation process is stuck at 10%.

Server 2016 activation

So to resolve you need to enable the following Windows service

Windows License Manager Service

Once service was started, the activation process progressed after approx. 10 minutes, rebooting the server automatically.

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We are unable to connect right now… / Windows 7 Office 2016

When launching Outlook 2016 running on a Windows 7 PC the following error is displayed.

Outlook Error displayed

To resolve follow these steps:

1. Remove all cached credentials from ‘Windows Credentials’ of your ‘Credential Manager’ found in Control Panel.

2. Open Regedit and drill into following path, if EnableADAL key is missing create a new DWORD (32 bit) value and set to Zero.

HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Common\Identity\EnableADAL --> set to 0

Back of the Net !

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Recover 2k8 server password

Things you’ll need:

• Physical access to the server
• Your 2008 install DVD

Step One: Launch recovery console

Put your install DVD in the drive and reboot the server. Make sure you press the key to boot off the DVD. Once it loads, choose your language, then click Repair your computer. Click Command Prompt

Step Two: File renaming

Run the following commands in the command prompt:

C:
cd windows\system32
move Utilman.exe Utilman.bak
copy Cmd.exe Utilman.exe

Basically we’re moving Utilman out of the way temporarily and replacing it with cmd.exe (command prompt). Close the command prompt and click Reboot.

Step Three: Do the password reset

Start up your server as normal, and after you press CTRL-ALT-DELETE and have the login screen up, press Windows-U and the command prompt will come up. Type the following:

net user [username] [password]

Where [username] is the username you want to reset the password for, and [password] is the new password. Close the command prompt and log in with the new password!

Step Four: Close that back-door

We want to move the files back to where they were, otherwise anyone could go Windows-U to get an administrator’s command prompt. Unfortunately Utilman.exe is a protected file so you can’t move it back while in Windows. Reboot back into the recovery console as in Step One, and run the following commands:

C:
cd windows\system32
del Utilman.exe
move Utilman.bak Utilman.exe

 

Cant email word document

Enviroment:

Client using Office 2013 suite, hosted on W10. User wants to send/share document as an email attachment but following error warning is flipped.

Solution:

Ensure Outlook is default program.

Remove MSFT “Office desktop App” from Start>Settings>Apps.

PowerShell:

Get-AppxPackage *Office* -AllUsers | Remove-AppxPackage

‘-AllUsers’ maybe temperamental depends on Win10 ver. so may need to drop it.

Cannot open Event Viewer

Specifically when you select Event Viewer from Tools menu in Server Manager you receive a pop up denying you access.

Event Viewer error

You can go around error by launching  eventvwr.msc from run or command prompt but to go thru issue : –

Paste following path into address bar of Windows Explorer

%Appdata%\Roaming\Microsoft\MMC

Delete the files contained in this folder or cut to alternative location as a backup, as I did incase of reading bad advice.

Now try opening event viewer once again – Back in the Game !

Out of Office fault on Outlook 2013 / Office 365 Exchange

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